The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-04-21
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Just before Eckson and his wife st.rts6
on their bridal tour. Eckson said:
eve want to show people that all
newly-married people are not silly"
Yes, we do, Henry"
snow, when we get on the train. let
us not pay any attention to each other -
"All right"
We'll lean apart from each other and
act rs if we have been married for years.
won't We p
"Yes. Oh, I tell you what would be
the funniest idea in the world. Henry.
"We'll take different seats, and after
awhile we'll get acquainted. Wou't that
be nice?'
First-class; splendid"
When they boarded the train they took
opposite seats. Henry took up q news.
paper; and Mollie looked At the wayer.
ing landscape. After awhile Henry
looked up and saw the conductor sitting
with Mollie. Henry chuckled. "Thinks
she's in love with him, I reckon" the
bridegroom unused. "Believe I'll 90 for.
ward and take smoke" His cigar must
have been unsatisfactory, for he soon
threw it away and resumed his seat oppo-
site his wife. The conductor was telling
an amusing story, and Mollie was laugh.
ing gleefully. She did not even look At
her husband.
This is playing it a little too fine"
Henry unused. 81 like to ace good act
ing, but she acts little too we'll"
The train stopped at station, and the
conductor got up and went out, but re-
turned Immediately and again sat down
by Mollie. just then a young woman
came along and asked Henry if she could
share his seat. He gladly consented,
musing that he could play even with his
wife. A few moments later, while he was
ousily talking, he saw, with a sweetened
thrill of revenge, that his wife was look
ing at him. AT the next station the
young woman got off the train, and when
the conductor went out Henry sat down
by Mollie.
81 don't know what you want to sit
down here for" she snapped. "Why
didn't you get off the train with"
"What do you want to talk that way
for, precious
"Precious nothing! 60 on; I don't
want you here.'
Il suppose you would rather talk to
the conductor
I'D rather talk to anybody that will
treat me with respect"
"NOw, darling"
"Darling nothing. I'm going to get
off the train and 90 home, that's what
I'm going to do. I'm not going to live
with you, that's what l amt, aud when
Ia asks me why I'm going to tell him
that you didn't love me, and never did.
You used to let on like you did, but you
don't even do that any more"
"Mollie-"
Molie nothing. Go on, 1 don't want
you here"
"Now, don't be foolish. You know
how you carried on with the conductor
never saw him before, either"
The mischief haven't. He's nv un-
Gle. l was going to introduce him to
you, but l didn't want him to know that
We were married until just before we got
off the train"
Molie."
"What."
won't you forgive me p
Il ought not to, you are so mean"
81 was jealous, and"
Jealous ?"
eyes"
"I didn't know you loved me enough
to be jealous"
But do. Don't you love me just .
little ?'
eyes. more than you do me-"
"No."
eyes"
mo you don't precious"
eyes | do, darling"
eff these people were not looking I'd
kiss YOU" Henry after short silence, re-
It's none of their business"
''Put your head on my shoulder. There"
He put his arms around her, and when
he thought that no one was looking,
kissed her"
"Do you love me ?" she asked.
Il adore you"
"You make me awful happy"
"You will live with me, won't you p
Yes, always. We like the oldfash-
ionel bridal tour the best, don't we?"
eyes"
"And you don't care how many peo-
pie are looking, 10 your
"No."
"And if they don't like it they can get
off the train, can't they?''
"Yes, and you will live with me, won't
you?"
II couldn't live without you."
II couldn't live without you, either"
because you love me, don't you p
Eyes, and because you love me, don't
your
Just then a man got up, opened his
valise, took out piece of cake, handed it
to Henry, and said
Its yours; take it."
Il don't want it."
But you have earned it."
81 won't baveit."
The man threw the cake on the seat,
and as he made break for the forward
car, said:
"That's the sickest bridal affair I ever
saw, and / used to be = captain Of .
steamboat. "-ArkansGw Iraueiey.
John Jacob Aston was determined to
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barge of 1919. The astonishment of